How to Downsize and Organize Your Craft Room Before You Move

Given the choice, you’d probably choose to do a lot of things other than plan a move.

For instance, you might spend away the hours in your craft room-or buy a few sheets of scrapbooking paper at the craft store. You know that you should inventory your kitchen right now, but you don’t want to tear yourself away from what you love most.

With how much you love to craft it is very important for you to take the time to organize and pack your craft supplies before moving to ensure they arrive to your new home safely. If necessary, it is also important to prepare your craft room for downsizing prior to moving in your new home. Here are a few strategies for downsizing and organizing your craft supplies before moving day.

Toss or Repurpose

The hardest thing for crafters to admit is that they have too many crafting supplies. If one box of quilting fabric is great, then an entire wall is better. If this sounds like you, you may be a craft-supply hoarder.

If your new place has less room than your current one, you’ll need to downsize your supplies before you move. Not sure where to start? Try going digital, hosting a giveaway or simply trashing old items.

Consider digital scrapbooking

If you have stacks of unused scrapbooking paper but find yourself posting more photos on social media than in an actual scrapbook, then choose a digital scrapbooking method instead.

Meanwhile, donate those designer papers to a local school or to a community group. Keep only the paper you plan to use within the next year.

Host a craft-supply giveaway

Invite a few like-minded friends to your home for a crafting event. Provide supplies for everyone to make a handcrafted item. Then send participants home with boxes of supplies you don’t want to keep.

By thinking of others’ crafting tastes, you may find it easier to give things away, knowing they’ll go to a good home.

Toss old ink pads and other outdated supplies

Keep a trash or recycling bin handy when you go through each closet or paper stack. If you’ve run out of stamping ink bottles, toss the empties and the dried-out ink pads that go with them. Do the same for colored markers past their prime.

Broken supplies won’t do you or others any good, so throw them out or find a viable recycling option.

Organize and Pre-Pack

Once you’ve downsized your crafting supplies, you’ll can take the next step and organize leftover items prior to moving day with these techniques: